Patch 4.2 Public Test Realm Notes - Updated 6/07

New patch notes Blizzard released late last night. We've got some feral changes for druids, DK nerfs, useful information about Season 10 arena gear, and clarification on Justice Points in 4.2--as well as even more rare tamable beasts for hunters to find!

General

New Daily Quests Available

A large assortment of all-new daily quests and rewards are now available in Hyjal, where players can help the Guardians of Hyjal push back the allies of and establish a forward operating base in the . In order to partake in the Regrowth and daily quests, players must have at least completed up to and including the quest Aessina's Miracle. Once this quest has been completed, players should speak with in the Sanctuary of Malorne to take part in the Regrowth efforts.

All existing Valor Pointss in the Currency tab have been converted to Justice Points. Any points above the Justice Point cap will be converted into gold at a rate of per point and mailed to characters.

Classes

Druids now gain 1 attack power per point of Strength, down from 2. They continue to gain 2 attack power per point of Agility while in Cat Form or Bear Form. To counter balance the loss of damage from this change, the following additional changes have been made.

Ferocious Bite damage has been increased by 15%. In addition, its base cost has been reduced to 25 energy and it can use up to 25 energy, for up to a 100% damage increase.

(Cat) damage at level 80 and above has been increased to 530% weapon damage, up from 460%.

damage at level 80 and above has been increased to 975% weapon damage, up from 850%.

Shred damage at level 80 and above has been increased to 520% weapon damage, up from 450%.

Druid Bug Fixes

It is no longer possible in some encounters to use Wild Charge/Wild Charge when closer than its minimum range.

8 10 new rare tamable beasts have been added, each of which provides a unique taming challenge. Will you be the first hunter to tame Deth'tilac, the rarest and most powerful of them all? Players will need to progress through the Hyjal Regrowth and Molten Front daily questing areas in order to unlock access to the full gamut of taming challenges.

Professions

D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

PvP

Battlegrounds

Warsong Gulch has been added back into the Rated Battleground rotation.

Gladiator Weapons

Season 10 Conquest Point weapons will only be purchasable once a required minimum sum of Conquest Points has been reached during the current season. For example, costs 3400 Conquest Points to purchase. However, players must first earn a total of 11650 Conquest Points during Season 10 before they are able to purchase it.

Season 9 Honor Point weapons will only be purchasable once a required minimum sum of Honor Points has been reached during the current season. For example, Vicious Gladiator's Pike costs 3400 Honor Points to purchase. However, players must first earn a total of 18500 Honor Points during Season 10 before they are able to purchase it.

Once the minimum sum of points required to purchase weapons is reached, all available weapons can be purchased for their listed costs. The point requirement is not reset once a purchase is made.

Weapon tooltips from the vendor will let players know how many more Conquest or Honor Points must be earned in the current season before the item can be purchased.

Comments

Comment by Monday

on 2011-06-08T11:53:44-05:00

Why the DK nerfs? D=

Comment by xaratherus

on 2011-06-08T12:01:11-05:00

Interesting about the additional requirements to purchase PvP weapons. I wonder if points that roll-over between seasons (i.e., won't Conquest become Honor when S10 hits?) count toward that 'earning', or if it's only actual points earned through active PvP?

Comment by Chaosrock

on 2011-06-08T12:03:32-05:00

I LOVE the druid buffs! My feral is already topping all DPS meters and this buff is just icing on the cake. I don't know why they changed the STR:AP ratio. Not that it matters. I don't know anyone who uses STR as a druid for any reason at all.

Comment by Illantha

Comment by matheus314

on 2011-06-08T12:31:02-05:00

Professions

EngineeringD.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

WOOOOT! Shooting chickens? Now the game will start to shine!

Comment by Quilan

on 2011-06-08T12:37:09-05:00

•Engineering•D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

Comment by xaratherus

on 2011-06-08T12:47:44-05:00

•Engineering•D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

Actually, a Portal gun would be sort of an awesome idea. Even if it was a lengthy cooldown, it would be highly useful in PvP.

The recipe could be a drop off of a rare mechanical spawn named Sodalg.

Comment by Onitar

on 2011-06-08T13:02:40-05:00

Why the DK nerfs? D=

Why not?

Nobody likes a smartass.

Why the DK nerfs? D=

Because everybody keeps saying that DK's are OP

I didn't realize Blizzard got its balance tips from the masses.

If you dont think DK's are OP then you aren't playing them right...

Comment by Onitar

on 2011-06-08T13:09:18-05:00

Season 10 Conquest Point weapons will only be purchasable once a required minimum sum of Conquest Points has been reached during the current season. For example, Ruthless Gladiator's Pike costs 3400 Conquest Points to purchase. However, players must first earn a total of 11650 Conquest Points during Season 10 before they are able to purchase it.

So essentially say we have an 1800 PR...we have to wait around 6 weeks before we can get our gladiator weapon...? I see that they are trying to make arena items less easier to obtain but I honestly think blizz should just go back to slapping a minimum rating to these weapons rather than forcing us to wait to obtain them, It will still take a 2200 person a few weeks to a month to farm these items, and not too long after that, the masses will go back to having the weapons again. Why postpone the problem when you can prevent it?

Comment by Rokrekler

on 2011-06-08T13:24:41-05:00

Glyph of Soul Swap now applies a 30-second cooldown to Soul Swap, up from 15 seconds.

I'm expecting high amounts of QQ incoming from this change. Was this really necessary? I'm asking cuz I don't play locks that much.

Comment by kendelahoussaye

on 2011-06-08T13:32:31-05:00

Frost DKs might be OP when it comes to pvp, but for pve they are right in the middle. If nerfing pve to balance pvp is all they can come up with, then they may need to go back to the drawing board.

Comment by Quilan

on 2011-06-08T13:36:16-05:00

•Engineering•D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

Actually, a Portal gun would be sort of an awesome idea. Even if it was a lengthy cooldown, it would be highly useful in PvP.

The recipe could be a drop off of a rare mechanical spawn named Sodalg.

Or maybe a rare spawn referancing portal. MaDOS maybe? Don't know.

Comment by Azazel

on 2011-06-08T13:39:49-05:00

•Engineering•D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

Actually, a Portal gun would be sort of an awesome idea. Even if it was a lengthy cooldown, it would be highly useful in PvP.

The recipe could be a drop off of a rare mechanical spawn named Sodalg.

Or maybe a rare spawn referancing portal. MaDOS maybe? Don't know.

...

Read Sodalg backwards...

Comment by Monday

on 2011-06-08T13:40:43-05:00

...

Read Sodalg backwards...

This ^

/facepalm

Comment by Quilan

on 2011-06-08T13:59:06-05:00

•Engineering•D.E.H.T.A. has recently placed a great number of critters under their protection, especially rabbits and squirrels. Because of this, Flintlocke's Woodchucker has been re-fitted to use wild chickens until an "agreement" can be reached.

Comment by Porcell

on 2011-06-08T14:02:27-05:00

Nobody likes a smartass. Why the DK nerfs? D=

Because everybody keeps saying that DK's are OP

I didn't realize Blizzard got its balance tips from the masses.

They don't. Which is why the real answer is "Because the data from the current PTR build and the data from their simulations and whatever other vast amount of data they have tells them that DKs need a a 2% damage nerf."

It's really simple. "Why did Blizzard make X decision." Because their development teams saw the data that drove them to make that decision.

What's not the answer? "Blizzard hates DKs." or "Blizzard threw a dart at a board."